Pistachio Cardmom Cherry Cookies!
 
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Serves: 42
Ingredients
  • 2 ½ cups AP flour
  • 1 stick unsalted butter room temp
  • ½ cup pistachio butter (Get here on Amazon)
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg room temp
  • 1 egg yolk room temp
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp. cardamom
  • ¾-1 cup dried tart cherries
  • Chopped pistachios and sanding sugar for garnish
Instructions
  1. For the Dough:
  2. In a large mixing bowl add all of your dry ingredients and whisk to combine. Set aside.
  3. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter until smooth, about 1 minute. Slowly add the sugar while mixer is running on medium and beat until the butter is light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes more. Mix in the pistachio butter until fully incorporated. Add the egg and mix, then add the yolk and mix to combine. Next comes the vanilla extract, mix to incorporate.
  4. With the mixer running on low, slowly add the flour until fully combined and no flour bits remain. Don't over mix. Last mix in the tart cherries with the mixer set to stir until they are evenly distributed throughout the dough.
  5. Dump dough onto a piece of plastic wrap and roll to form a log and wrap tightly with the plastic wrap. You can split the dough in two logs and freeze one for later if desired. Let the rolled dough chill in the fridge for at least 2 hours up to 3 days. If freezing half, wrap tightly in plastic wrap and tinfoil and freeze for up to three months.
  6. Bake the Cookies:
  7. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees and line two baking sheets (if making full batch) with parchment paper and set aside.
  8. Take the chilled dough log out of the fridge and using a sharp knife slice into about half inch slices. Place sliced cookies on prepared baking sheet, garnish tops of the cookies with chopped pistachios and sanding sugar and bake for 16 to 20 minutes until lightly golden brown. Cool baked cookies on cooling rack. Store cooled cookies at room temp in airtight container for up to a week.
  9. Enjoy!
Recipe by Social Buttercream at http://socialbuttercream.com/2019/12/08/pistachio-cardmom-cherry-cookies-cookie-season/